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In a video interview with CTV News, Matt DeHart’s parents Leann and Paul discuss his deportation from Canada, their own imminent deportation and what Matt has endured leading up to his asylum application. As Paul notes, the Canadian IRB did not review the encrypted thumb drives that Matt brought, which “would’ve shown some information about the United States and the threat that he was potentially under in being returned to the United States.”